About

Full Stack developer from Espoo, Finland. Through my 10+ year long career in IT I have been working with many programming languages and technologies. Currently passionate mostly about the modern tech stack that includes Node.js, Express, Typescript, Next.js, ReactJS. I love CSS and always look for the best ways of styling.

Experience

Wunder

Senior Fullstack developer

Current

Druid

Senior Fullstack developer

2019-2022
Worked with customers and dev team in the projects of different scale. Followed Scrum framework in most projects. Tech stacks of the project included frontend part with JS, SCSS, TypeScript, StencilJS and React, while the backend part consisted of PHP, Drupal CMS, Elasticsearch, Graphql. Worked with REST API almost in all of the projects.

Hanken

Fullstack developer

2014-2019
During my work at Hanken IT department I had many roles. All the years I worked as a Full stack developer focusing equally on the frontend and backend parts of the project (Hanken's website). Sometimes I had to solve DevOps tasks. And project management was my responsibility for over a year. I worked with JS, CSS, HTML, RestAPI and multiple integrations, Drupal CMS and PHP development, as well as with Python/Django for a short time.

Articles (written by me)

Druid Tech Survey 2021

The technologies we use and like

Technical skills

Frontend languages

JS

Typescript

Frontend frameworks

React

StencilJS

Next.js

APIs and Search

REST

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

Styling

CSS

SCSS

npm

yarn

Styled JSX

TailwindCSS

Bootstrap

Backend languages

JS

PHP

Python

C++

SQL

Databases

MySQL

MSSQL

Oracle

MariaDB

MongoDB

ORM (ex. Prisma)

Backend frameworks

Node.js

Express

Drupal CMS

Symfony

DevOps

Docker

Lando

K8s

git

composer

Education

Åbo Akademi

MSc Software Engineer

2012-2017
Comprehensive studies of IT technologies and concepts. Graduated with honors. During the program time I learnt about the SOLID principles, MVC architecture, Web and Mobile development, refreshed my Python knowledge, studied the best methods in Testing and QA as well as about User Experience. As a minor studies I found it insightful to learn about Business Intelligence and Big Data analytics, Data mining and Data warehouses.

Scrum Master Program

Scrum Master

2019
Certified by Reaktor

Highlighted projects

Tikkurila

Scrum master

2022
Leading the team in the Scrum process. Arranging and facilitating sprint plannings, demos, retros, backlog refinements, daily sessions

Tikkurila

Fullstack developer

2022
Implementing functionality according to the customer needs. Maintenance. Security updates.

Footbalance

Backend developer

2022
Responsive Decoupled Drupal 8/9 site with Next.js frontend. Implementing customer features. Improvement of the performance. Next-drupal (https://next-drupal.org) development for the project.

Design system for the University of Helsinki

Frontend Developer

2020-2022
Design system for the University https://static.helsinki.fi/ds/components/ https://version.helsinki.fi/julkiset-sivut/design-system-lib Responsive Decoupled Drupal 8/9 site for Helsinki University with Frontend based on StencilJS/TypeScript. Brand new design and partially migrated content from the previous Drupal 7 based website.

Hanken University website

Full stack developer

2014-2019
Responsive Drupal website. Styling and rebranding Hanken website. Make it accessible and responsive. Migration from Drupal 7 website to Drupal 8/9 website. Multiple Integrations with the Research data systems, Courses national systems and other integrations.

Certifications

Learning Next.js

LinkedIn

2022
Expanding my knowledge of Next.js framework

Acquia Certified Front End Specialist - Drupal 9

Acquia

2021
Tested for Fundamental Web Development Concepts and Drupal layouts and theming.

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance

2019

Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 9

Acquia

2021

Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 8

Acquia

2019

Zend Certified Engineer (php 7)

Rogue Wave Software

2019

Contact

If you want to contact me, send me a message at kkondareva@gmail.com or visit my social media platforms.

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